Thanks Simon. I got the script working. It will give me another reason to learn /bin/ksh.
So far, the only thing I learned is PERL. (just because the syntax and power beat Apple Basic (made in 1984) ) On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 10:55 PM Simon Burge <[email protected]> wrote: > > Todd Gruhn wrote: > > > I have a project I need to time. While I am on the computer, is there > > an X-widget > > that allows me to set and time a process, and has an alarm to get my > > attention? > > Similar to a stopwatch? > > I have this little script that would pop up a reminder to do something > every 10 minutes. > > #!/bin/sh > > FONT="-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-640-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1" > > show() > { > echo $* | osd_cat -A center -p middle -c red -s 1 -d 1 -f > "$FONT" > } > > > while true; do > sleep $((10 * 60)) > show $* > sleep 1 > show $* > sleep 1 > show $* > done > > osd_cat is in pkgsrc/x11/xosd > > I haven't used this in over a decade. It doesn't have a count down > clock, but you might be able to do something with the alarm bit. > > Cheers, > Simon.
